How do the shoe stiffening inserts work?

The rigid inserts or insoles such as the Morton’s Extension Carbon Fibre Insole Plate and the Full Width Carbon Fibre Insole Plate are generally indicated for conditions where flexion at the joints across the ball of the foot is painful such as hallux rigidus (osteoarthritis of the big toe joint), turf toe (a traumatic injury…

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Turf Toe Inserts or Insoles

A turf toe is a sprain of the big toe joint in which the damage is done when the joint is hyperextended. It got its name from American Football where it become more common on the artificial turfs. However, it can occur in any sport on any surface. All that is required that the toe…

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Hallux Rigidus Insoles

‘Hallux rigidus‘ is typically a painful stiff big toe joint that is caused by osteoarthritis in the joint. Walking is painful in that big toe joint (the ‘hallux’ joint) and becasue of the osteoarthritis in that joint it becomes stiffer and does not move as well (the ‘rigidus’). We need and use that big toe…

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